Pete,
I agree that the eBay seller could be misinformed. However, in this case the eBay seller only sells fantasy chips and sells lots of them. So it is not likely that he is misinformed. Check out his current auctions.
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&userid=lasvegasvic&include=0&since=-1&sort=2&rows=100